Medical Certificate in Amsterdam: Online, Same-Day from €34.99
- Certificate types covering the common Dutch use cases
- Doctors registered to assess cases in the Netherlands reviewing every case
- Same-day delivery, usually within 30 minutes on weekdays
- Full refund if the doctor cannot issue your certificate
- 🇳🇱 EUR pricing
- AVG (Dutch GDPR) & Wet verbetering Poortwachter
- Accepted by schools, clubs, airlines & insurers
Yes. From Amsterdam, your case is reviewed online by a registered doctor, with no appointment and no travel. All six certificate types are a flat €34.99, delivered as a PDF. It states the doctor's findings for an employer, school, club or insurer in the Netherlands. Dutch sickness absence runs through your employer's bedrijfsarts, so this suits travel, study, sport and insurance rather than a statutory sick note.
Last updated: 10 September 2026
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Getting a Medical Certificate in Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the Netherlands' capital and North Holland's largest city, with an international employer base spanning technology, finance and tourism. Many of the companies based here operate across borders, which is part of why documentation requests can look different from a purely domestic Dutch workplace — a foreign head office or an overseas institution may ask staff for a doctor's certificate in a way a typical Dutch employer generally would not.
The city is also home to two large universities, the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, together with a wide range of further and international education providers. Some of these institutions ask for a doctor's certificate as supporting evidence for a specific absence or extenuating-circumstances request, though each sets its own requirements and its own preferred wording.
There's no Amsterdam premises to visit for this: your case is assessed entirely online, by a doctor registered to assess cases in the Netherlands, wherever in the country you're based. That's a deliberate design choice, not a gap — it means you don't need to find a same-day appointment or travel into the city centre while unwell just to have a case looked at.
One reason this need arises in Amsterdam at all is a professional rule rather than a shortage of doctors. The KNMG, the Dutch medical association, holds that a treating physician should not write a medical declaration about their own patient: judging whether someone is fit for a job, a trip or a course sits in tension with treating them, and a huisarts is rarely the person who knows the criteria the requesting body actually applies. The KNMG's own advice is to approach an independent doctor with relevant expertise who is not treating you. So an Amsterdam huisarts declining to write a doktersverklaring is following guidance rather than being unhelpful — and since huisartsenzorg falls outside the €385 eigen risico, that consultation would have cost you nothing anyway. What it would not have produced is the document.
Amsterdam's large international intake also generates documentation requests that the Dutch system deliberately routes elsewhere. If the IND has referred you for tuberculosis screening as a condition of your residence permit, that is a GGD matter: GGD Amsterdam runs its own referral pathway, the chest X-ray is charged separately, and the GGD returns the completed form to the IND directly. Nothing issued online substitutes for that. Where the six certificate types do fit a new arrival's first months is narrower and more ordinary — Sports Fitness for a club or gym that asks for clearance at sign-up, Fit to Fly if you need to travel soon after an illness or procedure, or General Medical where an insurer or a former employer abroad wants independent written confirmation.
An international employer base
Technology, finance and tourism companies with an international footprint, some with foreign head offices that ask for documentation a typical Dutch employer wouldn't, since standard Dutch sick leave usually runs through a ziekmelding rather than a certificate.
UvA and VU
Two large universities add a substantial student population on top of Amsterdam's working population. Illness affecting study is generally handled through each institution's own process, with its own evidence requirements.
Fit-to-fly from Schiphol
Airlines flying out of Schiphol may require medical clearance for travel after surgery, illness or during later pregnancy. Requirements vary by airline, so check with them directly as well.
Club and gym clearance
Sports clubs and gyms across the city sometimes ask for a health declaration or medical clearance before you join, particularly for contact sport or higher-intensity programmes.
All Certificate Types Available in the Netherlands
Every certificate type is reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in the Netherlands. Because standard Dutch sick leave works differently from most countries (see above), check which certificate actually matches your situation before ordering: for many people, the general medical, fit-to-fly, or sports fitness certificate will be the relevant one, not the sick-leave-style certificate. If you are unsure which type applies to you, the assessment form will ask about your situation before any payment is taken.
Sick Leave Certificate
For specific documented needs outside the standard Dutch ziekmelding/bedrijfsarts system. Useful for supporting a return-to-work conversation, or where a school, insurer, or foreign institution specifically asks for a doctor's certificate. Not a substitute for reporting sick to your employer or for a bedrijfsarts assessment, and not something most Dutch employees will need for ordinary short-term absence.
From €34.99Sports Fitness Certificate
For Dutch sports clubs, federations, and competitions that require medical clearance before you can register or take part. Commonly requested for contact sports, competitive leagues, and gradings, and sometimes for junior members joining a club for the first time. Valid 12 months from issue.
From €34.99General Fitness Certificate
For gym membership sign-up and personal training in the Netherlands where a health declaration or medical clearance is requested by the club or trainer, particularly for higher-intensity programmes or where pre-existing conditions are relevant.
From €34.99General Medical Certificate
For insurance claims, visa applications, legal proceedings, and education requirements in the Netherlands: purposes that sit outside the standard employer sick-leave system entirely and are among the most common reasons people in the Netherlands request a certificate from us.
From €34.99How It Works in the Amsterdam
Complete assessment
3-5 minutes. Select your certificate type, confirm the Netherlands as your country, and answer relevant health questions. No payment yet, and the form will flag if a certificate isn't the right fit for a standard sick-leave situation.
Doctor reviews your case
Reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in the Netherlands, during business hours (9am-6pm CET/CEST, Monday-Friday). May request more information before deciding, and will only issue where it's clinically appropriate.
Receive your PDF
Emailed same day, usually within 30 minutes of approval, with doctor credentials and a verification reference the recipient can use to check authenticity.
Who Might Ask for a Medical Certificate in Amsterdam
Amsterdam employers generally manage sick leave through a ziekmelding and, for longer absences, a bedrijfsarts — not a doctor's certificate. The institutions below are the ones most likely to specifically ask for one.
International employers & institutions
Amsterdam's international companies and foreign head offices sometimes ask staff for a doctor's certificate in a way a typical Dutch employer, working through ziekmelding, generally wouldn't. Where that's the case, a certificate reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in the Netherlands can meet the request.
UvA, VU and other institutions
Requested by some schools and universities, including the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, as supporting evidence for a specific absence or extenuating-circumstances request. Each institution sets its own requirements.
Sports clubs and gyms
Amsterdam clubs and gyms may ask for medical clearance before you join or take part, particularly for contact sport or higher-intensity training. The club or trainer sets the requirement.
Airlines from Schiphol
Fit-to-fly certificates for travel after surgery, illness or during later pregnancy, ahead of a flight from Schiphol. Requirements differ by airline and by how recent the procedure is, so confirm with the airline directly too.
Netherlands Pricing: All Certificate Types
| Certificate Type | Our Price | Typical Private Doctor Visit |
|---|---|---|
| Sick Leave Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| Sports Fitness Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| General Fitness Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| Fit to Fly Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| Return to Work Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
| General Medical Certificate | €34.99 | €50-€120 |
Private consultation costs are typical ranges for a standard visit sought outside the Netherlands' standard employer/ziekmelding/bedrijfsarts system, and vary by location, provider, and whether a specialist is involved. Costs for a bedrijfsarts assessment itself are normally covered by your employer, not by you.
Netherlands Legal Snapshot: What Applies in Amsterdam
Sick-leave and certificate rules are set nationally, so what follows applies in Amsterdam exactly as it does anywhere else in Netherlands.
Yes — you can get a medical certificate (doctor's note) in the Netherlands online, reviewed by a registered doctor and usually issued the same day, from €34.99. In the Netherlands, employees generally do not give their employer a doctor's certificate to justify sick leave. Instead, you report sick directly to your employer, a process known as a "ziekmelding," and for longer absences your employer engages an independent company doctor, the bedrijfsarts, who assesses your fitness for work without being told your diagnosis. Because of this, our sick-leave-style certificate is only useful for specific situations that sit outside this system (see the table below). Our general medical, fit-to-fly, and sports fitness certificates cover the purposes most commonly needed by people in the Netherlands: insurance, travel, education, visas, and sport. In everyday English this is often just called a doctor's note for the Netherlands, even where the official local term differs.
| How sick leave normally works | You report sick directly to your employer, a process known as a "ziekmelding," following your employer's internal sickness policy. No doctor's certificate is required or generally expected for this step. |
|---|---|
| Longer absences | If the absence continues, your employer is required to engage a bedrijfsarts (independent company doctor), typically by around week 6 of the absence, to assess your fitness for work and advise on reintegration. |
| Diagnosis privacy | Your employer is not legally permitted to ask you for your diagnosis. The bedrijfsarts reports only what is relevant to work capacity and reintegration, not your medical details. |
| When a certificate from us is relevant | For specific documented needs outside the ziekmelding/bedrijfsarts relationship: for example, some schools, foreign institutions or employers that specifically request a doctor's certificate, or to support a return-to-work conversation. |
| Long-term incapacity | After roughly two years of incapacity, the Dutch social security agency (UWV) becomes involved in assessing longer-term work incapacity and benefit entitlement. |
| Governing framework | Wet verbetering Poortwachter (the Gatekeeper Improvement Act), which sets out employer and employee obligations during sickness absence, alongside the Dutch Civil Code. |
| Data protection law | AVG, the Dutch name for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). |
This works differently from most countries: if you assume a certificate is required for standard Dutch sick leave, it generally is not: a ziekmelding to your employer is the normal process, and a bedrijfsarts (not a GP-style certificate) manages longer absences. Our sick-leave-style certificate is designed for the specific situations described above, not as a substitute for the ziekmelding process, a bedrijfsarts assessment, or UWV involvement in long-term incapacity cases.
Read the full Netherlands rules, glossary and national FAQ →
Our Netherlands Medical Team
Every Netherlands certificate is reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in the Netherlands. A clinician will only issue a certificate after genuinely assessing your case, and only if it is clinically appropriate to do so; if it isn't, you receive a full refund rather than a certificate you cannot use.
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Every doctor is independently verified against their national medical council before they see a single patient - including for patients in Amsterdam.
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Reg. #49065379401Medical Certificates in Amsterdam: Common Questions
No. The assessment is completed online and reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in the Netherlands, so where you are in the country makes no difference to the process or the price. This page exists because people search for their own city.
Generally, no. Dutch sick leave normally starts with a ziekmelding — reporting sick directly to your employer under their own sickness policy — and for longer absences your employer engages an independent company doctor, the bedrijfsarts, rather than asking you for a certificate. A certificate from us is the right document for specific situations outside that process: a school or foreign institution that asks for one, or supporting a return-to-work conversation, for example — not standard short-term sick leave from an Amsterdam employer.
Our certificate is €34.99 flat, including the doctor's review, the PDF and its verification reference. A typical private doctor visit sought for these situations in the Netherlands commonly falls in the €50-€120 range. It isn't a substitute for care, though — if you need to be examined or treated, see a doctor in person.
It can support one, but each institution sets its own evidence requirements and some ask for a specific form or wording. Check what your department requires first, and tell us who the certificate is for so the wording can be matched to the request.
Same day, usually within 30 minutes of the doctor approving your case during business hours. Some cases take longer where the doctor needs more information from you before deciding.
Because the KNMG's position is that a treating doctor does not issue a medical declaration about their own patient. The reasoning is twofold: it can put the doctor's judgement in conflict with your care, and your huisarts usually doesn't know the criteria the school, club, insurer or foreign employer is actually applying. The KNMG's own guidance points patients towards an independent doctor with relevant expertise who isn't treating them, which is the role this service fills. It's a rule about who should write it, not a judgement about whether you're unwell.
No, and not in a good way — it sits outside Dutch health insurance entirely. The €385 eigen risico applies to care claimed under the basisverzekering, and a certificate bought privately isn't claimed under it, so nothing is deducted and nothing is reimbursed. Worth knowing alongside this: huisartsenzorg itself is exempt from the eigen risico, so seeing your own GP costs you nothing out of pocket. The catch is that the GP visit which is free is the one that won't produce the certificate.
Often not, and it's better to know that before you pay. MEDIF is IATA's standard medical information form: Part 1 is completed by the passenger and Part 2 by your treating physician, covering diagnosis, the date of the surgery or event, prognosis, medication and whether you can sit upright for take-off. Only your treating doctor can complete that, and the airline's own medical clearance desk reviews it. A Fit to Fly certificate answers a carrier that will accept a doctor's written confirmation of fitness to travel; where the carrier has specifically asked for MEDIF Part 2, ask the airline's special assistance team directly.
No. IND-referred tuberculosis screening is carried out by the GGD, which takes a chest X-ray and, for adults, a Mantoux skin test, then sends the completed form back to the IND itself. GGD Amsterdam publishes a dedicated pathway for people who arrive with an IND referral letter, and the screening normally has to happen within three months of your permit being granted. No online certificate replaces it, and we'd rather say so than take the order.
Employers can set reasonable rules about how you report sick and how you cooperate with the arbodienst, and non-cooperation with those rules can affect pay. What they aren't entitled to is your diagnosis: the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens is explicit that an employer may not ask about the nature or cause of your illness, may not record it even if you offer it, and must leave medical data to the arbodienst or bedrijfsarts. If a doctor's note is being demanded as the condition for wage continuation, that's a question for the bedrijfsarts, your works council or a legal adviser rather than something a certificate settles. Buying one doesn't resolve a dispute about your rights.
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